Mrs. Warren's Profession Revival
Closing: November 28, 2010Mrs. Warren's Profession - 2010 Broadway History , Info & More
Todd Haimes Theatre (Broadway)
229 W. 42nd St. New York, NY
Tony®-winning director Doug Hughes and Tony®-winning star Cherry Jones astonished Broadway with their work in the smash-hit play Doubt. Now this highly-acclaimed pair reunites in Roundabout Theatre Company's production of George Bernard Shaw's scorching tour de force. Joining Ms. Jones is Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) in her Broadway debut!
Mrs. Warren's Profession - 2010 - Broadway Cast
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Cherry Jones Sails Through Mrs. Warren's Profession
4 / 10
Even Jones suffers some directorial hindrances, like having to make her first entrance in a dress that virtually announces her profession. But she holds firm, sailing through the piece with spirit, playing discreetly past the eccentric limitations Hughes has imposed on everyone else. Mrs. Warren is not a refined lady. Shaw's choice for the role, in 1902, was the low-comedy star Fanny Brough; in the mid-'30s, Paramount approached him about buying the film rights for Mae West. Jones, hand on hip, sauntering good-humoredly through a rectory garden, suggests a West character with unexpected emotional depth; when she unpacks her bitter past to Vivie, a dark fierceness spills over the saucy surface. She makes every familiar moment in the role seem fresh. However misguided the surrounding performances, we can be grateful that Mrs. Warren has gained a new Cherry.
Not Much Shines In This Incomprehensible Revival
3 / 10
With its sharp and witty observations about sex and class, freedom and oppression, and mothers and daughters, there's plenty to recommend in George Bernard Shaw's 'Mrs. Warren's Profession.' As for the Roundabout's revival of the 1893 play directed by Doug Hughes, not quite so much -- despite catnip casting of Cherry Jones in the title role of Kitty Warren. She's the low-born enterpriser who uses prostitution to ensure her Cambridge-educated daughter, Vivie, independence in late Victorian England.
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Mrs. Warren's Profession History
Other Productions of Mrs. Warren's Profession
| 1905 | Broadway |
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| 1907 | Broadway |
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| 1918 | Broadway |
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| 1922 | Broadway |
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| 1958 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1976 | Broadway |
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| 1985 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2005 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2010 | West End |
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| 2010 | Broadway |
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| 2025 | West End |
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